Introduction

NOTE: The data and findings below are drafts subject to change and some pieces are still in the QA process.

RACE COUNTS provides a 3D view of racial equity:
OUTCOME: How well people are doing. The higher the circle, the better the outcome.
DISPARITY: How racial groups compare to one another. The further right the circle, the greater the differences by race.
IMPACT: The total population. The bigger the circle, the larger the population.


Purple counties: Gains at Risk;
Orange counties: Prosperity for the Few;
Yellow counties: Struggling to Prosper;
Red counties: Stuck and Unequal.

Race/Ethnicity Notes


1) “Other” race includes those who identify with a race outside of the specifically named categories, such as Asian, White, etc.
2) Race labels for bar charts: The “nh_” prefix signifies that a group is non-Latinx (excludes Latinx).
3) The “twoormor” group represents those who identify as Two or More Races.

Indicators

Safety and Justice Index - UPDATED

  • Four out of six Southern California counties have better than average outcomes, though disparity varies. This is one issue where LA County, usually in the Yellow Quadrant (Better Disparity, Worse Outcomes), is in the Red Quadrant (Worse Disparity, Worse Outcomes).
  • All Bay Area counties have better than average outcomes, though disparity varies. San Francisco has the third worst disparities in the state, while Marin has the best outcomes. Contra Costa has the 4th best outcomes, but the 9th worst disparities.

Incarceration - NOT UPDATED

Scatterplot

  • Los Angeles ranks among the counties with the most racial disparity (rank of 2) but has a better outcome - lower overall incarceration rate - (rank of 11).
  • Contra Costa is by far the most disparate county on this measure due to very high AIAN and Black incarceration rates.

State Barchart

  • Black Californians are 23.1x more likely to be incarcerated than the group with the lowest incarceration rate statewide. They are 2.6x more likely to be incarcerated than even the group with the next highest rate (non-Latinx AIAN) indicating the extreme racial disparity facing this group.

County Barchart

Use of Force - UPDATED

Scatterplot

  • The 10 most disparate counties are all found in the Northern Sierra and San Joaquin Valley regions.
  • Los Angeles is in the Purple Quadrant (Lower Disparity, Better Outcome). However, law enforcement officers there are still 6x more likely to use force against Black residents than White residents, illustrating that even lower than average disparities can still be large.

State Barchart

  • Black Californians are 20x more likely, and Pacific Islander Californians 16x more likely, to be subject to Law Enforcement Use of Force than the group with the lowest rate.

County Barchart

Officer-Initiated Stops - UPDATED

Scatterplot

  • San Francisco has the third worst racial disparities on this measure while also having the best outcome (lowest overall stop rate). The high disparity is caused by high stop rates for Black and Pacific Islander residents.
  • All Southern California counties have better than average outcomes, except for Imperial.

State Barchart

  • Law enforcement officers stop Black Californians 2.2x more often than the average resident.
  • Law enforcement officers stop Pacific Islander Californians 1.7x times more than the average Californian.

County Barchart

Perception of Safety - UPDATED

Scatterplot

  • Marin is the second most disparate on this measure, while also having the second best outcomes. Only 52% of Pacific Islander residents report feeling safe in their neighborhood, compared to 90% of Latinx and 99% of White residents.
  • All San Joaquin Valley counties have worse (lower) than average perception of safety rates. The majority also have better (lower) disparity on this measure.

State Barchart

  • More than 4 out of 5 Californians reported feeling safe in their neighborhood all or most of the time.
  • Non-Hispanic Whites, SWANA, and those of Two or More Races (non-Latinx) residents are the only groups who report feeling safer than the state average.

County Barchart

Arrests for Status Offenses - UPDATED

Scatterplot

  • All Bay Area counties have better than average outcomes, and lower than average disparity on this measure (except SF which does not have disparity data).
  • Nevada County is ranked the most disparate by far because it has few Black youth residents, but a high number of Black youth arrested for status offenses.

State Barchart

  • Black youth face by far the most racial disparity on this measure. They are 2.6x more likely to be arrested for status offenses than White youth.

County Barchart

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